Alone

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Over 20 million people in Britain watched John Curry win Olympic figure skating gold in 1976. Overnight he became an international star as he singlehandedly changed ice skating from marginal sport to high art. And yet he was an absolute mystery to a world that had been dazzled by his gift. An often-tortured man of labyrinthine complexity, Currys is a story of childhood nightmares, furious ambition, sporting genius, lifelong rivalries, homophobia, Cold War politics, financial ruin and deep personal tragedy. For the first time, Alone untangles the extraordinary web of his toxic, troubled, brilliant - and short - life.